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Our Mission

As laid out in its founding legislation, the mission of the Willamette Falls Locks Authority is to establish ownership, oversight, and management of the Willamette Falls Locks project, for the purposes of:

 

  • Enhancing the economic vitality of Oregon through facilitating the resiliency and navigability of the Willamette River.

 

  • Repairing, maintaining, upgrading, and operating the Willamette Falls Locks project and associated properties and facilities for commercial, transportation, recreational, cultural, historic, heritage and tourism purposes.

  • Returning operational Locks to the community!

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